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Homeland Security

US-VISIT 10-Print Deployment Nearly Complete, Director Says

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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

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By Calvin Biesecker The ongoing roll-out of hardware and related software for capturing 10 fingerprints from international visitors entering the United States is nearly complete and upgrades to the database that will store and match those prints will be ready by next summer, Robert Mocny, director of the US-VISIT program, said last week. The upgrade to capturing 10 fingerprints from foreign visitors from the original two-fingerprint capture began a year ago with testing at 10 international airports in the United…

Congress

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Congress

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